Upcoming events of the Cornelia Goethe Center
Talk Cornelia Goethe Colloquia
15 January, 2026 - 6:15pm
Goethe-Uni, Campus Westend, PEG PEG 1.G 191
Democracy under Assault

Being a woman is not an agenda in itself!?

A gender-historical view of Europe in the 20th century

Gender is not an invention of feminism. Rather, gender—meaning being female or male based on secondary sexual characteristics and not on identity or identities—has been the central criterion for inclusion and exclusion in terms of social scope for action since the French Revolution. Therefore, the frequently asked question, “Why are women on the side of authoritarian movements?” can only be answered with the counter-question: “Why shouldn't women be?”

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Talk CGC General
19 January, 2026 - 6:00pm
Goethe-Uni, Campus Westend, PEG Room 1.G 191

Neoliberal Gestation

Capitalism and reproduction in semi-peripheral speculative fiction from Poland and India

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Workshop GRADE Center Gender
22 January, 2026 - 10:00am
Campus Westend Cas 1.801

Discourse analysis as an analysis of the reproduction and transformation of orders of un_speakability

The workshop provides (prospective) discourse researchers with an orientation in the field of discourse research. In addition, participants develop strategies for relating the object of analysis to the discourse-theoretical perspective and for developing a concrete analytical approach for their own project.

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Conference CGC General
23 January, 2026 - 10:00am
Goethe Uni, Campus Westend, Casino (Cas) Room 1.802 Please register by January 7, 2026. Further information can be found below.

Spannungsverhältnisse

Zu Geschichte, Theorie und Praxis einer sexuellen Bildung der Vielfalt

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Talk Cornelia Goethe Colloquia
29 January, 2026 - 6:15pm
Goethe-Uni, Campus Westend, Hörsaalzentrum (HZ) HZ 5
Democracy under Assault

Property Frenzy

Neo-Faschismus als Liquidierung von Phantombesitz

In the 21st century, we are witnessing a global resurgence of fascist tendencies. Liberal democracies, politically polarized and shattered by neoliberalism, are in many places veering toward authoritarian self-defense. Right-wing movements affirm destruction in new ways by invoking “freedom” as their central tenet. In doing so, the promise of modernity breaks down into its darkest components: in self-defense and the affirmation of destructive object relations, the hyperbolic freedom of the owner can be realized for a fleeting moment.

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Workshop GRADE Center Gender
9 February, 2026 - 2:00pm
Campus Westend IG 1.314

Politicizing Sexual Violence: Feminist Theories, Discourses, and Practices

The workshop explores how sexual violence has been understood and theorized by feminist scholars and by activists over time. Focusing particularly on the US American context, our purpose is to offer background on how feminist understandings of sexual violence have evolved since the mid 20th century, and to discuss the conflicting conceptual tools feminist political theorists, researchers, and activists have offered so far.

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Talk Cornelia Goethe Colloquia
12 February, 2026 - 6:00pm
Goethe-Uni, Campus Westend, PEG PEG 1.G 191
Democracy under Assault

Masculinity and Authoritarianism in the United States

This presentation will give a detailed account of the peculiar version of authoritarianism with which we are threatened in the Trump era. Focusing on the misogynist and trans-phobic rhetoric and policies, I will review consequences of the actions Trump himself has taken, but also those taken by state legislatures and other governing bodies.

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